mousetrap
英 [ˈmaʊs.træp]
美 [ˈmaʊs.træp]
- n. 捕鼠器；诡计
- vt. 诱捕
英语词源
- mousetrap (n.)
- late 15c., from mouse (n.) + trap (n.). Figurative use from 1570s. The thing is older than the word. Old English had musfealle; Middle English had mouscacche (late 14c.).
权威例句
- 1. They bait the mousetrap with stale cheese.
- 他们用变质的乳酪作捕鼠夹的诱饵.
- 2. This onomatopoeic word suggests to me the sound a mousetrap makes when it snaps shut.
- 这个拟声词让我想起捕鼠夹子突然合上时的声音。
- 3. The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
- 老鼠很好奇,他撕开包裹,发现里面原来是一个捕鼠器.
- 4. Building a better mousetrap, one raindrop at a time.
- 建设一个更美好的捕鼠器, 一个雨滴的时间.
- 5. Behe uses the example of a mousetrap.
- Behe用捕鼠器作例子.